
Protection Money : A Guide To Landlord Insurance And Reducing Your Premiums
6 minute readWe all know someone who never insures anything and never has any problems. But given that £8m is paid out every day in home insurance claims, not everyone has the same luck. Although it isn’t a legal requirement to insure...

Letting Agent Diary: Behind the Scenes of a Typical Working Week at Piccolo
6 minute readTo describe this job in a single phrase, it would have to be ‘never a dull moment’. Aside from opening the office, making a coffee and checking new messages, no two days are ever the same. Meeting new people and being out and...

Unfurnished Lettings : What Features Do Tenants Pay More Rent For?
7 minute readThe average age of a first-time buyer has risen to 32, and tenancies are lasting longer than ever. Not all national trends apply to lettings in Wilton & Salisbury area, but this one absolutely does. With renting no longer seen as...

The Story of the Complete Refurbishment of a Country Home near Salisbury
9 minute readIn July last year we were invited to carry out a rental valuation at a period property in Sutton Mandeville, a small village to the west of Wilton near Salisbury. The prospective clients were acting on behalf of their elderly...

Your Viewings: Should Your Agent Show Buyers Round Your Home, Or You?
6 minute readNobody knows your home better than you, but does that make you the best person to show buyers around? There’s a whole lot more that goes into viewings than simply taking people from room to room; what happens before and...

Bigger & Brighter: How to Make Your Home Feel Lighter and More Spacious
6 minute readOf all the different things buyers ask for when looking for a home (from the style, to the location, to the price), two things transcend everything: light and space. Both are precious commodities, and not just when it comes to...

Rentability Review: Does Your Buy-To-Let Tick The Right Boxes For The Right Tenants?
6 minute readThere’s a book by Simon Sinek called Find Your Why, and it’s all about identifying your reason for having a business: why do you do what you do? The same question can be applied to your rental property: why would a tenant...

Selling Your Home - Our Step By Step Guide
8 minute readWould it surprise you to learn that homeowners in the UK move on average just once every 23 years? That might sound unbelievable given our national obsession with property but keeping up to date with the value of our homes...

Levelling Up Lettings: Should you sell or upgrade your rental property
7 minute readWhat a time to be a landlord! No sooner are we past the phasing out of mortgage interest relief than the Government announces new areas of expense. The Levelling Up white paper released on February 4th aims to make the Private...

Hesitant To Sell? Not sure if you should find a new home or a buyer fIrst?
6 minute readIf you’re thinking of moving, there’s never been a better time to put your house on the market. People have been achieving extraordinary prices for their homes, with the Government’s official figures showing a national...